Sun's disk, aten, form of Nil or the Ether, and appearing thus in the vignette
of the 17th chapter of the Ritual, Lepsius, Todt. vn. 11. 2, 3, where he is
described as being on the floor or steps which belong to Hermopolis, and sur-
rounded by the cynocephali, the particularly sacred animals of the gods of that
region. The name of this god is supposed to mean the solar light. Rude work-
manship, and in outline; plinth or pillar behind. -| in. high. Light-blue porcelain.

88. S'u, upper part of a figure of this god, profile to the right, lifting
the Sun's disk by both hands above his head, pierced. -J in. long. Light-blue
porcelain.

89. Selk, eponymous goddess of the town of Pselcis, and one of the sepul-
chral deities to whom the 3rd of the sepulchral vases was always dedicated.
She is often allied with Neith, and styled the eye of Ra, or the Sun, regent
of the gods, and mistress of the Aah en ru, the Aahlu, or Elysian fields.
Her type is often found in lapis lazuli, and sometimes in bronze, but rarely in
porcelain. Her name signifies 'scorpion,' and this insect was her distinguishing
attribute, being, as in the specimen, placed on her head. Figures of this material
appear to have come into use before or about the Ptolemaic period. Rudely
blocked out, plinth behind, pierced. 1^ in. long. Blue porcelain, imitating lapis
lazuli.